CHINESE OPERAChinese Operas were based on old tales of heroes and the Today the stories often deal with heroes of the communist revolution or with great historical events of the recent The variety of Chinese Opera known as Beijing Opera is the most familiar in the It was developed in the 19th century as a synthesis of earlier provincial Beijing Opera， which is also known as Peking Opera， has existed for over 200 It is widely regarded as the highest expression of the Chinese It is perhaps the most refined form of opera in the Although it is called Beijing Opera its origins are not in Beijing but in the provinces of Anhui and H It was originally staged for the royal family and was introduced to the public Beijing opera was regarded to as one of the rare forms of There are thousands of opera pieces covering the entire history and literature of CThe development of the art of painting faces is closely related to that of dramatic art， although the earliest painted faces， or their precursors appeared long before Chinese drama took As Chinese dramatic art developed， the drawbacks of wearing masks became increasingly evident， for masks prevented the actors from showing their facial A vividly painted face however enables audiences to see expressions In the beginning only three sharply contrasting colours - red， white and black were generally used in facial make The earliest painted faces were simple and crude but within time the designs became more elaborate and 下面的链接还有各种花脸的介绍：
